Toth v. Silbert’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2281 · 28 U.S.C. § 2284
Relies on Brown v. Allen · Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization · Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of America · Darr v. Burford · Ex Parte Hawk No - on Rule to Show Cause and Return
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action authorized by law to be commenced by any person: * * * * * "(3) To redress the deprivation, under color of any State law * * * of any right, privilege or immunity secured by the Constitution of the United States * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.